Decided to write and release this as a birthday present for myself. I grew to like LoliRock ever since it was first released and this is only the first fic of many that I hope to write for this fandom.

As the three members of the band stepped off the plane at LaGuardia airport, with Aunt Helen behind and Amaru held tightly in Auriana's clutches, they took in their new surroundings in complete fascination.

"Ooh! New York City! I've always wanted to come here! See the sights, hear the sounds..." Auriana said excitedly, looking very much as if she wanted to run off at that very moment.

"...eat the food too, right?" Tailia questioned.

"But of course, Talia! How could I ever forget about the food? I wanna try a New York style hot dog. Oh, oh! How about the pizza? I love pizza!" Auriana gushed.

"Not as much as smoothies, right?" Iris giggled.

"You bet!"

The man who stood at the bottom of the stairs- a tan-skinned man with dark hair and wearing a dark grey suit greeted them enthusiastically. "Welcome, welcome, welcome to New York City, LoliRock! My name is Charlie Wilson and I'm going to be your driver for your stay here in New York!" he tipped an imaginary hat to them.

"My, my. I never imagined you'd get to perform opening one of Karina LaRue shows, Iris. You've loved her work for a long time! And well, here you are!" Helen put an arm around the blonde teen.

"Me either! This is going to be so great! I always loved her shows and concerts as a kid and the movies she did and now I actually get to be a part of all that!" Iris squealed.

"Karina LaRue. A childhood star. Played in several movies including the award-winning Mountain of Dreams as the main character Regina Jackson and voiced the main villainess Mariana in a recent animated movie called The Fairy Cove that is currently up for several nominations. She started a singing career when she was sixteen and has already won three Grammy awards by the age of twenty-three. Impressive career..." Talia raised an eyebrow as she double-checked the information on her PDA.

" Indeed it is, Miss Talia. Now, shall we get going? Your limousine awaits you..." Charlie gestured to the limousine after he opened the door and ensured all his passengers were inside and comfortable, before going to take his own seat and drive them to their destination.

"I could get used to this!" Iris said as she kicked off her shoes and flopped into the single bed, sinking into the soft sheets slightly.

"You said it! I love New York already and I haven't even been here for a full day yet!" Auriana jumped up and down in her own bed rather enthusiastically, until she ended up flipping over a little too far and landing on the carpeted ground with a soft thud.

Iris giggled at Auriana's disgruntled expression.

"I wouldn't mind going around and seeing the sights myself. I hear that New York has many different museums that we can learn about Earth culture from. And the city itself is very diverse. People from all over this planet live in this one city!" Talia thumbed through a tourist guidebook casually as she sat on the edge of her own bed.

"I've always wanted to come here and now I get to come to NYC with some good friends AND perform with them! Alongside one of my favourite singers ever!" Iris squealed.

Amaru curled up in one corner of the floor, seemingly not as excited as the girls were about being here.

Just then, the phone ring and Iris reached for it.

"Hello?" Iris asked.

"Good afternoon. Is this Iris Rennard? The voice sounds like it..." A melodious sounding female voice with a slight Southern accent issued from the receiver.

"Who's asking?" Iris raised an eyebrow.

"I'm Karina LaRue, the same singer you're going to be performing with soon? You've never actually spoken to me before since my agents handled everything and I suppose I sound a bit different over the phone..." the voice chuckled.

Iris squealed in excitement. "Girls, girls! Karina... Karina's on the phone!" she squeaked.

"Put it on speakerphone then and let us join in the conversation!" Auriana leapt across her own bed, snatched the receiver from Iris and set the phone to speakerphone mode.

"HI KARINA!" Auriana shouted.

"Enthusiastic, aren't we?" Karina chuckled. "I'll be glad to meet you too and I'm glad to have you opening up my Treasure Trove tour. I would actually like to meet you before the concert, obviously. Have you already made any NYC plans for tonight?"

"No we haven't. What did you have in mind?" Talia asked, much calmer than either Iris or Auriana was being.

"Dinner at my penthouse. It's probably about half an hour's drive away from your hotel- if you're lucky and New York traffic decides to be merciful with you..." Karina said.

"We'd love to come! What time should we be ready for?" Iris asked, recovering herself.

"How about you come over for six? I know that's rather early, but I think you might want to enjoy some sights tomorrow and this gives us enough time to eat some good food together and get to know one another a bit, so you can get back in time to get some good rest. Despite the claims that New York is the city that never sleeps, we all still need a good rest..."

"We'll be there." Iris confirmed.

"Wonderful. I look forward to meeting you. See you at six!" Karina hung up.

Iris looked at the other two girls. "This is all so exciting! I think this is the second best day of my life!" she exclaimed.

"Second best?" Auriana raised an eyebrow. "What's the first best day then?"

"The day that I met you two and discovered my powers and my past, of course. Mephisto and Praxina threw a bit of a shadow over it at first, but it really picked up in the end!" Iris smiled.

"Darn right it did!" Auriana cheered. "Now, let's go pick out our outfits to wear to meet Karina! I brought so many of them with me!"

"I think you might have brought all of them with you..." Talia noted wryly as Auriana rummaged through her luggage, sending random clothing items flying through the air.

"She's right though. We need to get ready!" Iris jumped off her own bed and went towards her own suitcase to look for an outfit to wear.